He said the past three months included the Christmas period where activity was slower.
"The day to day market in both areas are busy as. I wouldn't read into the difference on the cities as they're even on comparison and change month to month."
He said they have had a big number of open homes, good prices, and the highest demand for high-end properties and new homes he had seen.
"There are more people from out of town coming in and buying these high-end properties. We had a lot of inquiries and this has been predominant in the last few months."
Meanwhile Property Brokers managing director Paul Whitaker felt Hastings had some catching up to do, which was why its values continued to rise at a stronger rate.
"Napier had a larger growth spurt but in the last few months we have had a fewer amount of sales which impacts the data and figures."
Ms Drinkrow said they had noticed some of the heat come out of the market and buyers were not as frenzied as last year.
"While properties are still selling for good prices, buyers are acting in a calmer manner and are taking more time to perform due diligence in many instances."
However Ms Drinkrow said the market was still ticking along nicely.
"There are more properties on the market than there has been, with some vendors holding out for top price expectations."
Mr Whitaker expected a strong March and April.
"The demand is still there so it's still a sellers market and there is a lot in the pipeline to be released."
Mr Whitaker was predicting this period of high activity wouldn't slow down until election time.
"I think then there will be a bit more uncertainty around."
Auctions and tenders remained the most popular methods of sale, and investors and first-home buyers appeared to still be active in the lower end of the market.
"The demand for vacant land remains strong, with a shortage of available land in the main centres.
"Buyers looking for house and land packages in the region of $500,000 are generally not first-home buyers and are movers looking to upgrade," Ms Drinkrow said.
According to the report nationwide residential property values for February increased 13.5 per cent over the past year with values rising 1.1 per cent in the past three months.
The average value nationwide is $631,349 - 52.4 per cent above the previous market peak of late 2007.
When adjusted for inflation the nationwide annual increase dropped slightly to 12 per cent and values were 28.5 per cent above the 2007 peak.